Central employees with medical qualification permitted to undertake practice, offer teleconsultation
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New Delhi: The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has recently allowed the Central employees holding recognized qualifications in any system of medicine to undertake practice or to participate in teleconsultation.
It has also been clarified that such practices can only be allowed during the spare time of the employees and on a purely charitable basis. The decision was taken by the central authorities after considering the unprecedented rise in COVID cases in the country.
PTI reports that the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has recently issued an order stating the same. Referring to a 57-year-old order of the Home Ministry, it said that DoPT has been receiving queries/requests from central government servants for providing teleconsultation services during the current pandemic.
"In view of the unprecedented rise in the numbers of COVID-19 cases, and to utilize the in-house capabilities available in the government to contain the spread of COVID-19 virus and to provide relief to the public, it has been decided that the central government employees holding recognized qualifications in any system of medicine requires no permission from the Head of Departments (HoDs) concerned to undertake practice/provide teleconsultation," it said.
This would be subject to the condition that such practice/teleconsultation is undertaken during spare time, on a purely charitable basis, without detriment to the official duties to the government servant concerned, said the order issued to all the central government department, the order added.
"However, it is desirable that the government servants should keep their departments concerned informed for record purposes only," it said, adding that this guideline will come into force with immediate effect.
The DoPT referred to the Home Ministry order of February 29, 1964, that stipulates that the HOD may grant permission to central government servants holding recognized qualifications in any system of medicine to undertake practice.
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